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Tigers Claw Past UNC in Tourney
By Tim Candon
Assistant Sports Editor
CARY - North Carolina defender
David Stokes jumped to get a head on
a Mike Gell serve that went zooming
into the Clemson penalty area during
the waning moments of Thursday
night’s first round ACC tournament
match against Clemson at SAS Stadium.
Stokes got
his head on
the ball, but it
went six feet
over the goal,
capping a sec-
Men’s Soccer
Clemson 3
UNC 2
ond half filled with frustration as the third
seed North Carolina men’s soccer team
fell to sixth-seeded Clemson 3-2.
Although the scoring was confined to
the first half, UNC’s inability to finish in
the second half was the demonstrative
factor in its demise.
“That was identical to the game we had
at Clemson,” said UNC coach Elmar
Bolowich, though the Tar Heels won that
contest 3-1. “The difference was that the
shots did not fall in our favor this time.”
But they did for Clemson (12-3-3),
which scored on its first three tries of the
game.
Two minutes and 17 seconds into the
game, Clemson forward Dimelon
Westfield headed the ball into the open
net, as UNC goalkeeper Jay Batt
watched helplessly after getting beat on
the restart that allowed Westfield to score.
Not to be denied, the Tar Heels (13-6-1)
tied the game five minutes later, when for
ward David Testo intercepted a failed
clear by the Clemson defense and went in
one-on-one against keeper Doug Warren.
“The whole focus of our game is to
pressure the defense,” Testo said. “I saw
Peppers Could Face NFL Suspension
Staff and Wire Reports
CHARLOTTE - NFL sacks leader
Julius Peppers of the Carolina Panthers
failed a urine test and could be sus
pended by the league if another test on
the same sample comes back positive, a
source told The Associated Press on
Thursday.
The test was first reported on The
Charlotte Observer’s Web site.
A source close to Peppers, speaking
on condition of anonymity, confirmed
that report and said that steroids were
not involved.
The rookie defensive lineman should
be able to play Sunday against Tampa
Bay while the NFL continues its inves
tigation.
“My understanding is he will be our
starting left defensive end this Sunday
and all of my focus -and his, too -is on
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,” said coach
John Fox.
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the opportunity to
get a touch on the
ball, I did. The
one-on-one with
Doug, it’s kind of
intimidating, but
the ball happened
to pop out for me,
and I put it back
in.”
Testo and
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scored another
goal to push the
score to 2-2.
Just as both
teams were settling
in to let the half wear out, Tiger forward
Steven Rhyne netted the game winner
with just more than four minutes to go.
Rhyne ran onto a loose ball bouncing
around the edge of the UNC penalty area
and blasted a shot by Batt, who never had
a chance to make a move on the ball.
“What the hell’s going on out there?”
said Bolowich of Rhyne’s goal. “We had
the momentum then, a little bit. They had
a loose balf and a guy took the opportu
nity. It was beautiful shot.”
UNC peppered Warren with 13 shots
in the second half, 22 on the night, but
he didn’t allow the equalizer.
“Clearly, the opportunities were
there, we were just not fortunate to stick
the ball in the net,” Bolowich said.
Clemson coach Trevor Adair denied
his team was lucky to leave with a victory.
“We came here with a plan.... I don’t
care if they had 100 shots. We had three
(goals), they had two. And that’s what
counts.”
The Sports Editor can be reached at
sports@unc.edu.
Panthers general manager Marty
citing league rules, would not
comment on Peppers’ situation. Marvin
Demoff, Peppers’ agent, did not imme
diately return calls from the Associated
Press.
A second test on the initial urine sam
ple will be done in the next few days, and
if that comes back positive, Peppers would
have 10 days to appeal the findings.
Peppers practiced with the Panthers
(3-6) on Thursday, but did not make
himself available to reporters.
Panthers linebacker Mark Fields said
Peppers told him he plans to appeal if
suspended.
“It’s not that serious, so we’re not
looking at it like it’s that serious,” Fields
said. “We’re playing Tampa Bay
Sunday, and he’s playing.”
Peppers was the second overall pick
in the draft out of North Carolina, and
leads the NFL with 10 sacks.
If the league suspends him for four
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Senior forward
David Testo
tallied two goals in
UNC's loss in the
first round of the
ACC tournament.
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North Carolina defender Grant Porter (21) and Clemson defender Brett
Beranan leap for the ball in the first round of the ACC tournament Thursday.
games, it would cost him about $235,000
from the seven-year, $62 million con
tract he signed in July. Peppers is the
highest-paid player in Panthers history.
Another Panthers defensive lineman,
Brentson Buckner, was suspended Nov. 4
for four games for violating the league’s
policy on steroids and related substances.
George Mavrikes, Buckner’s agent,
said his client took a dietary substance in
training camp to help him lose weight. It
contained one of the substances now
banned by the league.
“If we lose Pep, that would be a
tremendous blow to our defense,” Fields
said. “The next guy would have to step
it up. Would he be the same? Probably
not.”
Peppers’ coach last year at UNC,
John Bunting, said he supported his for
mer player 100 percent.
“Julius would not do anything to
jeopardize his family, himself or the
Panthers’ organization.”
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Tar Heels Aim to Correct
Mistakes, Nix Penalties
Game and time: North Carolina at
Florida State. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m,
Site: Doak Campbell Stadium.
TV/Radio: ABC will televise the
game regionally. The Tar Heel Sports
Network will provide live radio cover
age; its flagship station is WCHL 1360-
AM.
Records: North Carolina is 2-8, 0-6
in the ACC. Florida State is 7-3, 6-0.
Series: Florida State leads 11-1-1.
Personnel update: North Carolina
- DE Will Chapman (wrist), DT Eric
Davis (knee), QB Darian Durant
(thumb), RB Andre Williams (back)
and DB Michael Waddell (leg) are out
for the season. DE Lanyjessup (neck) is
questionable.
Florida State - TB Gregjones (knee)
is out for the season. OG Bobby Meeks
and RB Willie Reid (shoulder) are out.
LB Kendyll Pope (virus) and DT Brian
Ross are questionable.
The key matchup: With North
Carolina continuing on its downward
spiral of a season, and Florida State
reclaiming its dominance of the ACC
this season, it’s likely that the Seminoles
will have a field day against UNC’s
offense, defense and special team units.
However, wide receiver Sam Aiken’s
single-season record breaking catch
against Clemson was overshadowed by
the Tar Heels’ 42-12 loss against
Clemson, and a quality performance
from the senior All-America candidate
will be UNC’s only hope of getting on
the board.
Fortunately for the Tar Heels, the
Seminoles have the next to last pass
defense in the conference, so Aiken
should be able to shake their secondary
for at least a touchdown.
Final Analysis/prediction: If North
Carolina doesn’t want Florida State to
really ran up the score, it will have to
cease the mindless penalties it has been
collecting in the last three games.
“We need to stop making little mis
takes and play our best game,” UNC
coach John Bunting said. “It’s mainly
penalties.”
Regardless of mistakes the Tar Heels
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Women's Soccer Chases
17th National Crown
By Kellie Dixon
Assistant Sports Editor
For yet another year, the North
Carolina women’s soccer team will step
onto familiar territory to open its first
game in the NCAA tournament.
The No. 2 Tar Heels will play
Radford tonight at 5 p.m at Fetzer Field.
UNC leads the series against the
Highlanders, which started in 1981, 13-
0, and has allowed five goals.
The match marks the 21st time the
Tar Heels (17-1-4,4-1-2 in the ACC) have
qualified for a tournament seed and third
time for the Highlanders (15-4-1).
In its 24-year-old varsity program,
UNC has won 16 NCAA tides, 11 of
which were preceded by an ACC tide.
And this year seems to be progressing
no differendy. Despite having four regu
lar-season ties - the most ever accumu
lated by UNC - the Tar Heels came alive
during last week’s ACC tournament.
UNC shut out each of its three opponents
and established a record for the largest
margin of victory in tournament history.
The Tar Heels took this week to pre
pare, focusing more on technique than
on physical exertion.
“We’ve tried to taper,” said North
Carolina coach Anson Dorrance.
“Obviously, three games in a weekend is
a lot of work. We’re trying to get our legs
rested, so we fried to make the practices
a little shorter. We’re just frying to get the
girls tapered and excited to play.”
For at least 16 Tar Heels, desire should
n’t be an issue. Last year UNC suffered its
first loss in the tide match, which was held
in Dallas against Santa Clara. The 1-0
could possibly fix, Bunting said he and
his team know what they are up against.
Which prompted injured Durant to
dress out for practice Thursday. No, he’s
not taking the field Saturday. Durant
came out and practiced with the team
and even threw a couple short passes in
hopes of motivating his fellow Tar
Heels.
“That was a signal to the team,”
The Lowdown on Saturday's Game
North Carolina Tar Heels
HHI / at Florida State Seminoles
(7-3,6-0 in the ACC) Doak Campbell Stadium, 3:30 p.m. (2-8,0-6 in the ACC)
Head to Head
FSU's Rush Seminoles aren't quite as potent on the run
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vs. unl s Maddox will be able to run all over UNC's weak My" ( W
Front Seven: front line. Edge: FSU.
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The Bottom Line Florida State 52, UNC 7
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blunder is a nag
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not of a poor sea
son, but of a job left
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“It definitely
gives us more
incentive,” said
junior defender
Catherine Reddick.
“We don’t like to
lose. We want to
win obviously, but
we want to play as
a team and gel as a
team, and that’s our
goal - to become
better than we were.”
But for at least the first tournament
game, UNC will play without freshman
Lori Chalupny, who is still out with liga
ment damage. In addition, senior defend
er Leslie Gaston, who was voted MVP of
the ACC tournament, sustained a knee
injury in Thursday’s practice. Her status
was unknown as of Thursday afternoon.
Freshman Kasey White, anxious to
contribute to UNC’s performance in the
tournament, said she’s confident the Tar
Heels will bounce back.
“We had a good taper going into the
ACCs, and that ended up well,” White
said. “We’re trying to do the same rou
tine that we had, except I think we’ve
had more of a focus even more so this
week because this is the third section of
our season, and it’s the most important.
“It’s do or die now.”
The Sports Editor can be reached at
sports@unc.edu.
Bunting said. “It shows how much he
cares.”
But even with Durant’s special
appearance in pads to hype up UNC,
Florida State will undoubtedly flip last
year’s 49-7 loss to the Tar Heels to an
outcome in the Seminoles’ favor.
Florida State 52, UNC 7.
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